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Chapter 571 Chapter 569: A player who is difficult to define!

As the semi-finals approached, the media began to get busy. They listened to various news about the semi-finals, while analyzing the personnel arrangements and tactics of each team.

More importantly, they have to predict the outcome of the two semi-finals.The media generally believe that the Netherlands has a higher chance of defeating Uruguay, but some media believe that the Netherlands is likely to lose at the feet of Uruguay.

The German Bild newspaper is representative of this view: the Netherlands played only one warm-up match before coming to South Africa, which is very rare, and it is the team with the least warm-up match among the 32 teams.

In this only warm-up match, they almost lost at the feet of Uruguay.

After more than a month, the two teams meet again, will Uruguay give up this opportunity?
Obviously, Uruguay found a loophole in the Dutch defense in that warm-up match, which is their source of confidence in winning.

The reason why their game was eventually reversed was because Chen came off the bench and activated the Dutch attack group, so Uruguay must find a way to freeze Chen if they want to win this semi-final.

As long as this Arsenal supernova with super mental quality is frozen, Uruguay will have a [-]% chance of winning the final victory!

According to our reporter's observation, in recent days of training, Uruguayan coach Tabarez asked Suarez, who was unable to play in the semi-finals, to play Chen in order to find a way to freeze Chen.

From the perspective of training effect, it is still very good.

Therefore, this newspaper believes that Uruguay's victory over the Netherlands is very likely!
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The Dutch media also warned the Dutch team to be careful and not to be careless. Uruguay is not as weak as people think.

"Being able to reach the semi-finals fully demonstrates Uruguay's strength!"

The Telegraph said: "Although Luis Suarez was out of the semi-final due to a red card, Forlán was in form and he scored a beautiful direct free-kick in the quarter-final.

Behind Forlan, Cavani and Arevalo both have the ability to make the final decision.

If the Dutch defense makes fatal mistakes like they did in the Brazil game, it will be in trouble.

The line of defense Van Marwijk focused on reforming is actually not airtight, but has loopholes. The positioning between them is a big problem.

In many cases, the gap between the full-back and the central defender is too large, which leaves the opponent with a fatal chance.

The goal against Brazil was like that.

The offensive line that we are proud of will be severely tested in the semifinals.Whether the two wingers can play and fly will determine whether they can break the opponent's goal.

Will Uruguay give them both a chance to fly?

Obviously the Uruguayans will definitely find a way to prevent them from flying. At this time, we can only rely on set balls and long shots.

Therefore, when we are attacking, we must cherish the opportunity of setting the ball in the frontcourt. The good news is that we found that after the training in the past few days, Sneijder, Robben and Chen are all practicing free kicks!
It seems that the players are fully aware of this! "

The Uruguayan media pointed out very clearly that the key to victory in the semi-finals is whether Uruguay can contain Robben and Chen Fan.

"The two of them must not be allowed to run, that's for sure, for sure!"

Uruguayan Football Weekly said: "As long as the two Dutch wings are contained, Uruguay has a great chance to advance to the final!"

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, July 08th, the semi-final between the Netherlands and Uruguay will start at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town at 30:[-] tonight.

The time for Uruguay to adapt to the venue is scheduled in the morning. At [-] o'clock in the morning, Uruguay walked out of the Green Point Stadium and finished the training for adapting to the venue.

The reporters immediately surrounded him, and a Dutch reporter asked Suarez: "Do you regret not being able to participate in such an important game as the semi-final?"

Suarez wiped the sweat from his forehead, shrugged and said: "There must be regrets, but I don't regret my behavior at that time."

If Suarez hadn't blocked the football with his hand, Uruguay would probably not have been able to drag the game into overtime, because it had already entered stoppage time, and it was definitely a lore.

Although Suarez received a red card for handball, it turned out that he was right. Gian hit the penalty kick on the crossbar and the game eventually entered overtime.

Neither team scored a goal in extra time, and the game had to go to a brutal penalty shootout, where Uruguay had the last laugh.

It can be said that without Suarez's handball, it is Ghana, not Uruguay, who is now in the semifinals with the Netherlands.

A French journalist asked: "Do you have confidence in Uruguay?"

Suarez blurted out: "Of course! I have great confidence in our team, but we must first defend well and not give Chen any chance."

"Of course it's hard, but we have to do it!"

This remark aroused the interest of the reporters. An Italian reporter asked: "You and Chen used to be teammates. What is your impression of him? Or, how do you evaluate him?"

Suarez said helplessly: "When Chen was at Ajax, what impressed me the most is that he is a guy who refuses to admit defeat. He will never admit defeat at any time. Even if we are three goals behind, he will firmly believe that we can get back."

Thinking of Chen Fan, Sulares felt a headache: "After arriving at Arsenal, I found that this damn guy's skills have improved again, and not a little bit."

While speaking, he made a gesture, as if a tall building suddenly appeared in front of him.

"When he was at Ajax, he said that he would shock the world in the future. I thought he might do it, but I didn't expect him to do it in the past year."

He paused and said: "It's hard to define what kind of player he is, he has the speed that all players envy and hate, and he also has the super stealing ability that all defensive players want to have.

He can play in any position except goalkeeper and although he hasn't played at centre-back yet, I think he can play in that position for sure. "

Suarez looked at the Italian reporter who asked the question and said: "How do you define such a player? Can attack and defend? No, this is a word to evaluate a midfielder, but he spends a lot of time standing in the forward position on the field."

These words really stumped the well-informed reporters. After thinking about it, they also found it difficult to define a player like Chen Fan. He can play multiple positions on the field. No matter which position he plays, it seems that he cannot fully display his abilities.

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At four o'clock in the afternoon, a pre-match press conference was held at the Holiday Inn Cape Town.

Van Marwijk said: "Tonight will be a very difficult game, and we are ready to deal with any difficult situation!"

Uruguay coach Tabarez said: "The Netherlands are strong, but we have found a way to deal with them!"

(End of this chapter)